Fire him
January 22nd, 2008 at 06:42pm Anna Voelker
In the news business, you deal with the public a lot. Most of the exchange is pleasant, but every once in awhile you come across a “Brenda.”
Using public access TV, Brenda Lowe asked that a GateHouse Media colleague in Needham, Mass., be fired. In an e-mail today to those who work in new media (online, mostly), Editor Greg Reibman said that Lowe had called for his head in a public access TV commentary. He also shared this:
I posted it on our blog and as you can see it has generated an interesting conversation about blogs and our terms of use policy.
A common theme was expressed in e-mail discussion about this today. Most newsrooms have Brendas. I’ve only been here seven years. To my knowlege, we’ve not had a Brenda air a TV spot — at least not during my tenure.
Check it out and share your thoughts. Curious to know what you think.
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1. thedudeabides | January 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
This lady makes a LOT of assumptions, most of which are incorrect.
Plus, I enjoyed the irony of her calling people “perverts” while she is the creator of a website that promotes “the freedom to choose in all areas of eroto-sexual life and lifestyle.”
Again, she falls into the trap of thinking that a privately owned forum has the obligation to provide a forum with no rules or “censorship.” They don’t.
2. phil | January 23rd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
ohhhh … can i be brenda?
3. phil | January 23rd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Another thought …
LA Times editor James O’Shea was fired over a budgetary dispute on newsroom staff. Love to hear your thoughts on that one.
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